Effective Parenting

Do you feel like your family members, your kid’s teachers, and even counselors blame you for your child’s acting out behavior? You’re not alone.  As […]

You’d do anything for your child, but you feel guilty about admitting the truth, even to yourself—sometimes you don’t like him very much. It’s a […]

Even before you become a parent, you start forming ideas about how you’ll raise your child. You get advice about it from all sides—your own […]

Are you often exhausted as a parent? Do you regularly feel drained, overwhelmed and off-balance when it comes to raising your kids? It’s hard for […]

When families call 1-on-1 Coaching, just about every call we get involves a question about consequences. Many parents struggle to find effective consequences while overlooking […]

It’s a truth we don’t often admit, even to ourselves: we don’t always like our kids. I can hear the guilt in parents’ voices when […]

It can be hard to say “no” to our kids. Does your child manipulate, act out and negotiate until he gets his way? Sara Bean […]

Many parents write in to Empowering Parents and ask, “Is it too late to change the way I parent my child—and will it actually work […]

As parents, we all make mistakes. As part of the 1-on-1 Coaching Team, I often encourage parents to give themselves a break—after all, it’s impossible […]

I was having coffee with a friend recently when she leaned across the table and said, “No matter what I do as a parent, I […]